UN Report Sees Syrian Involvement in Hariri’s Death

From the Washington Post: “High-ranking Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies were involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, with suspicion cast even on President Emile Lahoud, a U.N. investigation said on Thursday.

The inquiry into the February 14 killing, led by veteran German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, has established “that many leads point directly toward Syrian security officials as being involved with the assassination,” said the investigation report submitted to the 15-nation U.N. Security Council.” [Full Article]